HSK 3 · Increase & Decrease

补

bǔ

to make up for; to mend

Stroke order of 补

补 is written with 7 strokes. Watch the animation, then try writing it yourself.

Memory trick

Clothes (衤) with a patch (卜) added: to mend.

Parts: 衤 clothes + 卜 divination mark (sound)

Example sentence

妈妈在补衣服。

Mom is mending clothes.

Words with 补

补充to add; to supplement

More words: Increase & Decrease

增加to increase 增长to grow; growth 上升to rise 升to rise; to promote; liter 加快to speed up 加强to strengthen 补充to add; to supplement 缺to lack 缺少to lack; shortage 失去to lose 消失to disappear 浪费to waste 节约to save; to economize 存to store; to deposit 保存to keep; to save

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